How to Run a Reverse Cell Phone Lookup

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Do you wish to find out more information about an unknown caller? Here are some simple steps to running your own reverse cell phone lookup. Most services however for detailed information will charge a small fee. The good thing is that many of them will allow you to perform unlimited searches after that.

Steps

1. Run a simple search to get some free data on the caller. The info includes: location, cell or landline diagnosis and more.
2. Call the number and see if they say who they are or listen for their information on their voicemail recording.
3. Look up the number on Google.
4. Look up the number in a newspaper archive like news.google.com. This can search classifieds and old news stories for the number.
5. Search a blog search like Technorati.com for a mention of the number in a blog.
6. Search MySpace.
7. Have a friend call and ask who owns the number.
8. Conduct a search on a website.

Tips

• When searching Google, make sure that you use all the "advanced features" for lookups like "55-555-5555" and 5555555555, etc.
• If all else fails, use a reverse cell phone number lookup service. These services use databases of cell phone numbers to find the owner of a number - but they cost money to use.

Warnings

• There are a lot of consumer complaints on websites like the BetterBusinessBureau.com about many online reverse phone number lookups, so be careful and don't get scammed. Order from a larger, trustworthy site.
• Free directories often times make you sign up, alert the owner of the phone number you are inquiring about, and only have about .01% of numbers.

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